Culinary timing apparatus.



B. F. FLEGEL. CULINARY TIMING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17,1910

1,097,753, Patented May 26, 1914.

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B. F. PLEGEL.

CULINARY TIMING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1913.

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BENJAMIN F. FLEGEL, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

CULINARY TIIVIING- APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application filed November 17, 1913. Serial N 0. 801,455.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. FLEGEL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Timing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims of this specification; its object being to provide simple, economical and efficient culinary timing mechanism, especially designed for the use of restaurant cooks to indicate how long eggs in one or more lots are to be boiled and for automatic audible signaling when the completion of a predetermined variable interval of time for the boiling of each lot or order of the eggs occurs.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a front elevation of my improved culinary timing mechanism; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same indicated by line2-2 in the next described illustration; Fig. 3, a similar View indicated by line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a front elevation of a clock-hand of the mechanism in gripping slip-fit upon an arbor that is shown in cross-section; Fig. 5, a similar View of an electric-circuit contact-blade of said mechanism, and Fig. 6, a perspective view of a. receptacle containing eggs and having a handle numbered to correspond with one of a series of hands of a clock constituting part of the aforesaid mechanism.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, 15 indicates a casing containing a preferably twin main-spring eight-day clock 16, an electric-bell 17 and a dry-battery 18; all

in a single circuit that includes a series of posts 19, the wiring 20, 21 and 22 of the circuit being clearly shown in Fig. 2. The minute-hand arbor 23 of the clock 16 extends forward of the center of a dial 24 on the front of the casing 15, the dial being shown as having each quarter thereof provided with a minute-scale numbering from 0 to 14 inclusive contra-clockwise of said dial. Pivoted at quarter-circle intervals of the dial adjacent to its center are radial pointers 25, one for each minute-scale of said dial, and in gripping slip-fit on the arbor 23 are a series of indexed hands 26, said hands being held between washers 27 on said arbor through which akey 28 extends in front of the forward washer. As a matter of detail, the pivot of each of the pointers is a rivet extending at its rear end through a spring disk 25 against which it is upset and a suitable washer is arranged between each pointer and the dial. Owing to this construction and arrangement of parts the pointers are frictionally held in adjusted position. As another matter of detail each hand 26 is first centrally bored through the butt-end thereof to provide an arbor-engaging opening, after which it is longitudinally kerfed through the opening and then compressed to reduce the original diameter of said opening, whereby provision is had for gripping slip-fit of the hand on its arbor against which it has side friction, it being understood that the several hands pass continuously clockwise of the dial, except that any of said hands may be manually moved in the opposite direction to set it in register with an adjusted pointer, and being released by the operator, it again moves clockwise of said dial. The posts 19 extend through the casing'at quarter circle intervals in register with the zero marks of the minute-scales upon the dial 24:, and sleeve-ends of electric contact-blades 29 are engaged by said posts. Extending from the casing through the dial are stop-pins 30 against which to abut the contact blades in the path of said hands. As a matter of detail each post 19 is of reduced diameter for a limited distance back of its outer end to provide an annular groove 19 with which to engage an offset portion of the sleeve-end of a contact-blade, said blade being kerfed through the sleeve thereof and that portion 31 of said sleeve forward of the kerf bent out of line wit-h the remainder thereof. Forcing of the blade-sleeve onto a supporting pivot-post results in a spring of the offset portion of said sleeve into engagement with the post-groove to secure the blade against accidental displacement.

Designed to accompany the timing and audible signal mechanism above specified are non-corrosive Wire baskets similar to the one shown by Fig. 6, and the handle 32 of each basket is provided with a tag 33 indexed to correspond with a hand of said mechanism.

From the foregoing it will be understood that each pointer 25 and hand 26 is pivotally adjustable, but the pointer remains stationary in adjusted position while the hand is being driven clockwise of the adjajacent dial. in practice a pointer and a hand having the same number as a basket containing an order of eggs are set contraolockwise to register with a degree of one of the minute-scales on the dial 2% that agrees with the number of minutes the eggs are to be boiled, said basket with its contacts being at the same time submerged in boiling water and contact-blade 29 swung into the clockwise path of said hand. [it the instant the hand touches the blade, the electriccircuit is closed to cause ringing of the bell and thus signal completion of the predetermined interval of time for the boiling of the eggs, which interval is indicated in minutes by the previously adjusted pointer. In Fig. 1, the pointer adjacent to the hand No. l, is shown set at 4: in the left upper minute-scale of the dial and the hand ho. 1, previously set in r gister with said pointer, is on its way to touch against the contact blade 29 in its path, this juxtaposition of hand and blade occurring four minutes after the eggs in the basket h o. 1 have been put into boiling water. When the bell rings, the cook swings said contact-blade out of the path of the opposing clock-hand and at the same time withdraws the eggs from the boiling water. if in the meantime another order of eggs is to be boiled for a predetermined interval of time W hin a fixed limit, another clock-hand having the number of the basket for the new order of eggs is properly adjusted contrablochwise with an adjacent pointer as above explained, and a contact-blade swung into the path of said hand at the time of putting said into boiling water. Likewise orders of eggs up to the capacity of the t hing-mechanism may be in the process of boiling, one the completion of the interval of time for the boiling of any of said orders being signaled, the cook has only to glance back of the minute-hand then in touch with a contactblade to determine, by the adjacent pointer, the number of minutes the eggs of that order iave boiled, whicii number of minutes is called back with the serving 01 said to the person taking said order.

T he timing-mechanisni herein shown and described is one of four order capacity, but it is obvious that its capacity may be indefinitely increased by a mere addition of minute-scales on the oial, adjustable pointers, indexed minutc-hands, pivotal contactblades, and cgg-liiaskets indexed to correspond with said minutehands. it is also to be understood that the timing-media ism may be of less capacity han that herein shown.

I claim 1. A culinary tiiiiiiig-mechanisic i comprising a clock, an audible signal and an adjustable contact all in an electric-circuit; a dial having a minute-scale contra-clockwise thereof, a pivotally adjustable pointer for indicating a selected minute of the scale on the dial, and a hand in pivotally adjustable automatic gripping engagement with the minute hand arbor of the clock forward of said dial to be set in register with the adjusted pointer and thereafter have clockwise movement into touch with said contact set in its path.

2. A culinary timing-mechanism comprising a clock, an audible signal and adjustable contacts all in an electric-circuit; a dial having a plurality of minute-scales contraclockwise thereof, pivotally adjustable pointers for indicating selected minutes of the scales on the dial, and hands in pivotally adjustable automatic gripping engagement with the minute-hand arbor of the clock forward of said dial for individual setting in regist r with an adjusted pointer and which thereafter has clockwise movement into touch with one of said contacts set in its path.

3. A culinary timing-mechanism comprising casing provided with a front dial having contra-clockwise minute-scales at intervals thereof, a clock, an audible signal and battery within the casing; radial pointers in pivotally adjustable connection with the dial for indicating selected minutes of said scales, contact-blades pivotally adjustable on posts of said casing wired in circuit with the clock, signal and battery; and hands in pivotally ad ustable auton'iatic gripping enagement with the ininutehand arbor of said clock forward of said dial for individsetting in register with an adjusted which thereafter has clockwise movement into touch with one of said contacts set in. its path.

Jr. A culinary timin mechanism comprisa casir gronded n'ltli a front dial having contra-clockwise minute-scales at intervals thereof, a clock, an audible signal and battery within the casing; radial pointers in pivotallv adjustable connection with the dial for indicating selected minutes of said scales, contact-blades pivotally adjustable on posts of said casing wired. in circuit with the clock, si nal and battery; a stop in the pivotal path of each blade, and hands in pivotally adjustable automatic gripping en- I gagement with the minute-hand arbor of said clock forward of said dial for individual setting in register with an adjusted pointer and which thereafter has clockwise movement into touch with one of said contacts set in its path.

5, A culinary timing mechanism comprising annularly grooved posts in an electriccircuit. and contact blades each of which is longitudinally kerfed through a sleeve-end thereof and has a portion of the sleeve offset for engagement With the groove of one of in the county of Milwaukee and State of said posts upon which the blades are piv- Wisconsin in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

otally adjustable to be in or out of the path i of driven hands of said timing-mechanism BENJAMIN FLEGEL' also in said electric-circuit. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I N. E. OLIPHANT, have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee M. E. DOWNEY.

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